The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-05
WHENKY a. a DRUG.

The Topeka w. q. T. u. are making
things bet for saloon-keeping drug
gists. They have compiled a list of
those who have been notorious VEN
dcrs Of alcoholic fluids for purposes
other than prescribed by law, and i'm
mediately file protests on application
being made for q license for them. By
this means they propose to restrict the
sale of Intoxicating liquors to such
druggists as have had good reputation
heretofore, and whom they are salts
led win sell only in compliance with
the law.
This would be . good policy for the
Emporia w. @. T, u. to pursue. We
have in our city gentlemen engaged in
the drug business against whose honor
or integrity not word can truthfully
be said, and who, should they take
out . license, would observe its
terms to the strictest letter
Of the law. Such men should take out
permits, Is the good of the entire peo-
pie demand that liquor should be sold
for medical purposes, if we are to be-
lieve the advice given by some Of the
most eminent physicians and surgeons
ON earth.
It II not well for few fanatics who
are opposed to the law, or a few others
who care little for the law, but would
place their Judgement against the
learning and researches In medicine for
ages, to oppose the sale Of liquor for
any and all purpOSes-the one set be-
cause they are in favor Of unlimited
sale OF whisky, and the other because
they would let people die for lack of it.
No; the law is q good one, and If lived
mp. -, to- will. come as near
making prohibition prohibit as
We may ever hope :. to. The
sale Of liquor, like murder, stealing or
other crimes. we may not hope to ever
SEQ entirely eradicated. But give the
Murray law fair chance and we may
hope 10 see whisky-sellers as scarce at
least a. burglars in Emporia.
Admitting that the above remarks
are truthful, then does it not behoove
the ladies Of the W. G. T. u, whose
avoWed mission is to war on all things
Intoxicating, to see that some Of our
druggists do take out permits. By do
ing otherwise than this they are work
ing right into the hands of the whisky
vendors, who hope by entirely prohib-
iting the sale Of liquor, even in cases
Of necessity for medical purposes,
to make the law SO odious that
q reaction In public sentiment
may take place, and the entire prohi
bition movement be made laughing
stock and jeer to people generally.
And is there not method in all thisP
Who among all the members of the
w. G. T. U. that Is another would not,
were q loved child sick unto death,
take advice Of such physicians as the
Biddles, Gardner, FOncannon, Wright,
Jacobs, or any Of the other regular
practitioners, in preference to their
own ideas, and Immediately send to
the nearest druggist, and, if necessary,
feed the child on whisky or anything
else prescribed In order to save its life?
A few deaths in our midst, the causes
Of which may be ascribed to impos-
ability Of obtaining the necessary
liquor to I'LL prescriptions at critical
moments, and no Murray law, nor any
other law, will be strong enough to
stem the tide of public indignation that
will arise and sweep all obstacles from
the paths prescribed by the medical
profession as the means of securing
health and the saving of valuable lives.